As Arabic is my mother tongue, I congratulate you on your perfect pronunciation of the Arabic names of towns and cities which is different from the way non Arabic speaking people do.

As an Omani, I'm really pleased with the accuracy of your information and description. It's evident that you've done your best in research. Thank you so much.

Omani here, borderline criminal not mentioning Chips Oman; the pinnacle of all cuisine known to man. My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined. Otherwise, really good profile.

Great video. Something to add: in the Dhofar region, there are several native, unwritten languages that are Semitic, but only very distantly related to Arabic. These are Mehri, Jibbali, Harsusi, Bathari, and Hobyot. The last three are endangered.

I went to Oman in 2001. At the time it wasn't a tourist destination at all, but there were some expats from the region who started to visit it. I had been attracted to Oman through books anyway, it in fact started to attract some globe trotters who didn't dare Yemen any longer (which had been a bit popular in the 80s but was starting to be deemed too dangerous). I had to get an interview at the Oman embassy where I lived so that I would get the tourist visa; the man interviewing me didn't seem to understand why a female solo tourist wanted to go there. I was in fact on my way to Iran, in this trip. I have very fond memories of Oman, it is the Arabia you dream about. The landscape is absolutely gorgeous, the country is modern yet traditional at the same time, the people are gracious, it is all very exotic yet safe. I loved everything: the architecture, the local arts and handicrafts, the food (it was quite hard to find the real stuff but I was sent to Bin Atique where you eat sitting on the floor the traditional way), it is all mesmerizing and thankfully not overly touristy. I recommend that destination to anyone who likes beauty and genuine destinations.

I admit I knew next to nothing about Oman and this video is an excellent introduction to the country. Thank you, Paul.

I am from Oman. Trekking\hiking is a popular hobby during cooler months and if you like fragrances there is an Omani perfume house called Amouage inspired by local ingredients such as frankincense!

I remember I did a geography project in middle school and I chose Oman as the subject country because it was relatively obscure.

Hi I’m from Oman and your pronunciation was perfect and one of the best places in oman is ras alhad (راس الحد).And I appreciate that you mentioned Oman.

Hi Paul! What I knew about Oman before I watched this video: All of it and a lot more, because I've lived there when I was a child. My father was an expat who worked for PDO there from 1980 to 1984. And now, 40 years later, it's still a special place to us. We've visited all the places you show in the video. P.s.: Sultan Qaboos died in January 2020, the current ruler is Sultan Haitham. Great video 🇴🇲🌞

I am From Oman and i think this video has really good information about the country. Thanks a lot you covered everything in 10 mins thanks 🙏🏽 . You should mention the new Oman and Old Oman the new Sultan also

I lived and worked in Oman in 2012 and loved the experience. The people were warm and welcoming and seemed happy and relaxed. I got to travel around Oman with work and the scenery can be breathtaking. It was hitting 50c when I arrived and Aircon is considered life support lol

As an Omani I must say you did an excellent job. Perhaps something you could have mentioned is that Oman is known throughout the Middle East for its hospitality. Thank you for the video 😊

Fantastic presentation. As an Omani, I wished that you'd touch on the living, historical accomplishments like forts and Falajes, and maybe mention the cities of Nizwa and Mutrah for their unique traditional markets.

Our neighbours Oman 🇴🇲🇸🇦💜💜

At Musandum peninsula up in the mountain , my guide showed me rock painting , shows people lived there many thousands years ago . In a clear day across from Strait of Hormuz , on a clear day one can see Iranian coast lines .

I miss Oman so much. Thank you for unforgettable 6 years of memories.

I’m from Oman. Pretty impressed by the accuracy of the information from someone who i am assuming never lived in it!

Thank you very much for the video and Welcome to Oman. You are very good at pronouncing the Arabic names of our cities.

I have stayed in Oman. The Natives are the nicest and friendliest people. They are very patient and polite with expats and tourist. I Iove Oman.

I knew that Oman is more liberal when it comes to women's rights than certain other Arab countries. I learned about the Zanzibar connection. I didn't know about that previously.

I am Omani . Thank you for this great video. Your pronunciation is great especially when you pronounced the name of the cities. You summed up everything very well.

أولا سلام عمان 🇴🇲من الجزائر 🇩🇿 I know a lot about Uman and I wished you had a civilization focus channel so you focused on Majan culture cause I like your presentation.

Fascinating video as always! I was surprised to learn that expats make up such a high percentage of the population, and especially that many Omanis speak Swahili!

I had no idea it had such diversity of geographic regions. Also never knew it controlled Zanzibar or that Swahili is spoken there. Very informative.

Mad respect for nailing the Arabic pronunciations

As someone who loaves classical music i find it interesting that the late sultan of Oman Qabus was also a great lover of classical music and was responsible for building an opera house and concert hall in Muscat where not only operas,ballets and orchestral music from the west is played but also Arab music as well.Quite unusual for the Middle east!

Have lived in Oamn for over 20 years , it is the best country in the Middle east :)

Another fascinating video, Paul. We visited Muscat a few years ago and loved it, such a counterpoint to Dubai. Highly recommended. And I flew over it many times en route from Dubai to work in Somalia. I’d love to go back and visit Musandam and, even more, Salalah that I flew over so many times. The idea of fog in the Arab world fascinates!

As a Saudi American, I must say you did a great job pronouncing Arabic. By the way, we really respect Oman as a neighbor for us.

i have been living in Oman for last 23 years. The most safest country in the world. Amazing culture and people.

I can't stop thinking about O-man and Yeah-Man when I heard those countries..

This is wonderful. Better than Geography Now.

Nice french accent and now nice arab accent ! You’re doing great I learned a lot thnx

Fascinating !!! Oman was mostly a mystery to me before this video, thanks

I was there in April as a tourist, and just loved it!

I'm from Oman, and thanks alot for making this amazing Video, which contain alot of true information, I highlly recomend you to visut Oman to learn more about it, Thank you again fot this Video!! :)

Good old Oman, the Switzerland of the Middle East. Its also one of the two Arab nations with a historical background of a statehood, the other one being Morocco.

Good old oman! Such great place I wish I was omani

Amazing .....as an Omani, i was impressed with the amount of the accurate information you provided

Just visited this wonderful country. Highly recommend, great food, wonderful people!

I love Oman. I've been there only for some time, and I find the people very nice and welcoming.

Enhorabuena nuevamente por otro gran vídeo 👍

This an amazing report, very accurate and informative

This video was amazing in many different ways. Really impressed good job to you sir

Oh man didn't realize it had those exclaves and used to control Zanzibar for a while

Amazing video thanks enormously this video also cover all the regions like nizwa the old cultural capital of oman .however you did un Amazing video and pronounced arabic words perfectly

That was very informative, thank you.

Make such a beautiful and informative video for other countries ❤❤

Oman... I was always fascinated by its history, its ability to overcome Portuguese colonialism kinda early. The most surprising thing about Oman I knew, was that it owned a city within Pakistan until the 1960s. A whole day with temperatures above 42°C, even at night, I wonder what the dew point was. If the moisture had been high that day too, it's really something you don't want to experience. Thanks for the video 🖐👴 Have a nice day too, wherever you are😉

Great info!

Great video!

O man that's a lot of information. Well done!

my favorite country 🇩🇿🇴🇲 ppl of ghardaia in algeria are like exactly the same as omani ppl they remind me of them each time i see them

The only things I knew about Oman before this were the flag and its geographical location. Learned a lot, thanks!

Bird and whale watching is definitely _not_ something I would have pictured when thinking of a country in the Middle East. It's nice to hear about a country that actually takes steps to protect its wildlife. Seems like most of the time when I learn about these small obscure countries (obscure to westerners, anyway), they're in the process of decimating their own environment.

Well researched and masterfully implemented. Oman welcomes you anytime brother

I knew Oman was part of the Arab world. what I knew about the country was really very general. I learned a lot from this video.

I'm very impressed by how accurate this video is.

Would be an interesting profile on Lichtenstein, another county that rarely gets mentioned, and a lot of Europeans don’t even know it exists

*I'm fascinated with Oman. I love everything about this country, especially the currency. Omani Rial is on my top list of the most beautiful currencies in the world. :)*

their dates are fire

Oman that was another great video!

Ohh man , I was waiting for this! Lol

Thanks for presentation ☺️ 👏 mashalha Go ahead

I love this video thanks for making it

Gud vid as always!

Paul: It's the only country that begins with the letter "O" Austrians: was ist mit Österreich passiert!? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Great pronunciations!

I'm Omani and I just want to say that the hottest temperature is not 42 infant in muscat which isn't the hottest part of Oman can hit over 48°C for more then 12 hrs and usually when it's dry and hot during the night time it's a sign that it can get up to 50° or 52°C in the afternoon the next day. it can get upto 60°C in some parts of sharqiya though I've never been to those parts.

I lived in Oman for 19 years. Kudos on the Pronunciation. Something to add: Salalah Eco System, Religious Diversity, Access to UAE and Yemen. Also, you missed information about the current Sultan Haitham Bin Tawriq. He was the ex-minister for Cultural Affairs during the Sultan Qaboos Administration. Ps. Sultan Qaboos bin Said Al Busaidy was revered as the defacto peacemaker among the Arab countries. Love the video.

oh man, a video about Oman!

As a new Omani resident, I can tell that you missed highlighting (although between the lines mentioned) the qualities of Omani people specially when it comes to hospitality, kindness with others, tolerance of different inclinations, and above all respect which does not -in general- differentiate between people based on nationality or origin. But overall, you did a great job.

I think itd be cool if u could make one about Nepal if u havent alredy

wow I didnt know that Oman has greens! thanks for the information

I am from Oman, Thank you for your effort, And do not forget to visit Oman as soon as possible.

Oh man this one was good!

good script, rendered well by Langfocus man!. but do add some stuff on coastal trade through daos. the used to come all the way to India.

There's sooo much that you missed bro, but overall for someone who hasnt talked to an Omani this video was dope, talk to me when youre free and you'll be mesmerized by the info ill give you

I would love to visit Oman someday 💕

damn as an omani this is damn accurate. good job

I live in the UAE so let me tell you we are similar in many ways, it's the only country I have ever traveled to as I did many times by car, compared to other Arab countries oman is the best in terms of nature.

On a flat map finland seems much bigger than Oman but on a Round map that actually has plate teuctonics and other important things you can actually see the size of Oman and its as big as Finland with roughly the same population.

Living and working in Oman since 2007. Love it 😊. Oman forever.

I'm from Oman, nice job. Now i understand how butchering words that you grown up with is painful

Honestly, I only knew about the Ophiolite in the northeast and the weird exclave it had with the UAE. Godspeed Oman!

If that counts as independent I'm kind of curious what people say about Egypt considering the country's position relating to the Ottomans.

❤️Like ur channel bro,

I honestly didn't know much at all about Oman, so this was really interesting. I learned that Oman has the record for the highest minimum temperature in a 24-hour period at 42.6 C. Of course, being American, I only understand the one true temperature scale - glorious Fahrenheit. So how hot that is is impossible for me to say.

Very interesting and informative. Thank you. Where do you go or turn to to find out how to get your pronunciations correct?

Greetings from Yemen to our neighbors 🇾🇪❤️ 🇴🇲

Can you do…..Suriname eventually? :)

very interesting! missing: overview of the South-Arabian speaking tribes and their culture and uniqueness in the south: the Mehri and Sheri

Btw forgot to say, it was an Omani that created the number 0 and put dots on the arabic letters

Love how you gave the pronunciation of "Qaboos bin saeed" your ALL

There's only one other Sultanate worldwide: Brunei on the island of Borneo

Your arabic pronunciations is very impressive

So informative video. In Omani Civil War the Shah of Iran helped the Sultan. Because the threat of communism. So the Oman have good relations with Iran even after 1979 revolution

6:32 Committing a military coup against your own father ... That's something you don't see everyday.

a Zanzibari with Omani heritage. Very informative video. I have passed through Oman many times but I hope to come back and know it even further. Oman has left a lot of its cultural aspects back in Zanzibar but I believe Zanzibar 's Helwa will always be better 😏.